Jesus instituted the taking of bread and wine as a ritual for Christians at the Passover supper he ate with his disciples prior to his betrayal and capture (Matt 26:26-29, Mark 14:22-25, Luke 22:14-20, 1 Cor 11:23-26). He compares the bread to his body and the wine to his blood. These are to be symbols [...][Continue Reading...]

The bread and the wine are symbols of the body and blood of Jesus. When Jesus spoke these words, he had not yet been sacrificed. Luke 22:19-20: And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. [...][Continue Reading...]

Revelation is a book of symbol, almost nothing within the vision recorded in the book is literal so we should probably operate on the assumption that time periods in Revelation are symbolic unless we have a good reason for supposing otherwise. There are prophecies in the Bible where time periods should be taken literally. For [...][Continue Reading...]

The star of David is not mentioned in the Bible. It seems that it began to be used as a symbol of Israel sometime during the middle ages. It was suggested as early as the 12th century that the star signifies the number seven (six points plus the centre). See the Wikipedia article Star of [...][Continue Reading...]